Beamer: use helvetica only in textsc

Question

I am using beamer and I would like to use textsc but with Helvetica. Adding
usepackage[scaled=.92]{helvet}

to the preamble does the job. Problem is, this changes too all the text of the slides to Helvetica, since I am using
usefonttheme{default}

to get sans serif on my slides (by default, it is Computer Modern Sans Serif). I want to use Computer Modern Sans Serif in the rest of the slides, not Helvetica. I have looked through TSE questions and I have found nothing related. How can I achieve this?
Any help will be appreciated :)

Elías Guisado · Answer

Okey, I just figured it out.
There is no need at all to load the helvet package; instead, we can use
textsc{fontfamily{phv}selectfont
    Your Text Goes Here
}

to get the desired result.
Actually, by default, Helvetica on LaTeX can be too big in comparison with other fonts. To turn Helvetica into a "normal size" while avoiding my original problem, we can add
usepackage[scaled=.92]{helvet}
renewcommand*sfdefault{cmss}

to the preamble. The first line reescales Helvetica to 92% of its default size. The second line resets the default sans serif font to Computer Modern Sans Serif.

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